MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/. Ukraine’s missile attack on Russia’s borderline Bryansk Region can be seen as an attempt by the Kiev regime to derail the upcoming Easter ceasefire, a senior Russian lawmaker told TASS.
The Bryansk Region governor, Alexander Bogomaz, said earlier that Ukrainian troops had used Neptune long-range guided missiles to attack the region and that Russian air defenses had shot all of them down. However, falling fragments wounded a woman, destroyed four houses and damaged 15 more.
"I don’t rule out that this could be another provocation geared toward upending the ceasefire that has not yet come into force. But Russia is fully prepared to fence off such provocations and all the vile attempts to use the ceasefire for military purposes," said Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the international committee of the Russian State Duma, or lower house of parliament, and leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR).
According to the lawmaker, Vladimir Zelensky "is only declaring" his readiness for the ceasefire. "While Russia is demonstrating humanity and mercy, showing respect to the feelings and traditions of Orthodox believers, the Banderites are furiously shelling peaceful cities and schools," he stressed.
